The Non-Designer's Type Book

by RobinWilliams (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $6.66

  For courses in Typography, Desktop Publishing, and Graphics Applications. Best-selling author Robin Williams presents the basics of typography in this collection of easy-to-follow tips, techniques, and principles based on her previous hit, Beyond the Mac is not a typewriter. This book explains the logic behind the principles so you can understand what looks best and why. Even if you don't know a point from a pica, you can learn to create professional-looking pieces for print or the Web.

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $4.38

  Seven years is a long time in any industry, but when it comes to the worlds of design and technology (and particularly the point at which the two merge), it's an eternity! No wonder, then, that you (and about a million other readers!) have been eagerly awaiting this latest update to Robin Williams' enormously popular Non-Designer's series. In these pages, Robin defines the principles that govern type as well as the logic behind them so that you learn not just what looks best but why on your way to creating effective print and Web pages. Each short chapter in this thoroughly updated guide (which includes new coverage of typography in Adobe InDesign and Mac OS X) explores a different type secret or technique, including understanding legibility and readability; tailoring typeface to a particular project; mastering pull quotes and captions; working with spacing, punctuation marks, special characters, fonts, and justification; and more. The nonplatform- and nonsoftware-specific approach and Robin's lively, engaging style make this a must-have for any designer's bookshelf!